On my mom’s side of the family we are German and Dutch. Her great grandparents were the ones who came over and that was in the early 1900s. Great grandma Lucy had a sister Hannah. Hannah came to America and married Willam, who Americanized his name to Bill. They had two boys. Hannah died so they sent for her sister, Lucy, to keep the house and take care of the boys. She ended up marrying Bill and they had Geraldine, Mom’s Great-Grandma, and Lorraine. It was common when someone died to have someone come over from the old country to help their family. Her Dad’s Dad was a Colorado Black Feet Indian. His mom was Indian and his Dad was white. She died in childbirth with his little brother so they moved back to Iowa for family help with the eight boys they had. Jones is Dutch. Grandma Mona was the first one of her family born in the U.S.
On my father’s side we’re from Germany and England. Grandma’s side is the Zigman’s, who came between 1st and 2nd World War. Grandpa’s side is more like pilgrims, they came before there was really a country. Settled in Salem, Massachusetts where they stood trial during the Salem Witch Trials. Giles Cory got stoned to death and his wife, Martha, was hung for being accused of witch craft. They ended up in Sac City, Iowa. They and about four other families were the first white people there. Some of them fought in the Revolutionary War.
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